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L. T. KINCANNON OUTBOARD VMOTOR 9 sheets-sheet 9 Filedv April 14, 1943 l l lll/1111111 I Patented Feb. 1, 1949l OUTBOARD MOTOR Leo T. Kincannon, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor to Metal Products Corporation, a corporation of Wisconsin Application April 14, 1943, Serial No. 482,967

12 Claims. l

This invention relates to boat propulsfbn and more particularly to outboard motors to propel row boats, speed boats or other light crafts.

One object of the present invention is to provide an outboard motor having a starter nor- -mally held independent of the ily wheel.

Another object is to improve the starter mechanism and provide a starter which will-be less likely to fail and which can be readily and economically manufactured.

A further object is to improve the electrical apparatus of outboard motors to eliminate movable wiring. l

A further object is to improve the magneto of outboard motors so as to more positively set the magneto for the required timing.

A further object is to improve the construction of outboard motors by elimination of inserts in die cast parts.

A further object is to reduce the overall height of the motor.

A further object is to provide an outboard motor in which parts subject to wear may be replaced readily.

A further object is to improve the operation of outboard motors by the provision of an improved dual system of fuel supply.

A further object is to improve the operation of outboard motors by preventing condensation and free liquid gas from reaching the cylinders.

A further object is to provide an improved fuel distributing valve for the cylinders.

A further object is to improve the carburetor construction of outboard motors.

A further object is to provide an improved packing for the propeller drive shaft of outboard motors. y

A further object of the invention is to provide a clutch mechanism which will release freely should the propeller strike an obstacle.

A further object is to provide an outboard motor which will operate smoothly at low speed without sacrificing power at high speed.

Other objects will become apparent upon consideration of the following specication, which when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, describes and illustratesone form of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of an outboard motor embodying the present invention, parts thereof being shown in cross-section;

Fig/2 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional view of the motor, magneto and starter;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal view of the 2 propeller and drive shaft, and shows details of the release clutch;

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the motor;

Fig. 5 is a transverse cross-section through the water pump;

l Fig. 6 is a transverse cross-section taken on the line 6-6 of Figs. 1 & 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6-A is a cross-section on the line A-A of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6-B is a cross-section on the line B-B of Fig. 6;

Figs. 7 and 8 are transverse cross-sections taken on the lines 'l-1, and 8 8 respectively, of Fig. 1; y

Fig. 9 is a cross-section taken on the line 9--9 of Figs. 1 and 6;

Fig. 10 is a cross-section taken on the line |0-I0 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged elevational view, partly in cross-section, showing the starter mechanism;

Fig. 12 is a cross-section taken on the line I2-I2 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 isa cross-section taken on the line I3-I3 of Fig.'11;

Fig. 14 is a transverse cross-section taken on the line ll-ll of Fig. 1;

Fig. 15 is a view of the throttle taken on the lim.` |5I5 of Fig. 14, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 16 is a top plan view of the interior of the magneto showing the arrangement of the breaker points.

According to the drawings the outboard motor, in general, comprises a shaft 2|) on which is mounted a magneto 2l and a cylinder block construction 22. The engine is started byA a starter generally designated 23, while the entire motor is held upon the rear end of a boat by a bracket generally designated 24. The shaft 20 has splined thereto a drive shaft which drives a propeller shaft 26, connected by means of a disc clutch 21 to a propeller 28. The entire engine assembly, including the propeller 28, is pivotally mounted about an axis 29 on the bracket 24 so that the engine can be raised out of water together with the propeller 28.

The cylinder block 22 is composed of two parts split on a vertical plane and provided with longitudinal apertures 30 therethrough which receive cylinder liners 3l. Circumferential apertures 32 are provided in the apertures 30 to receive annular rings 33-33 formed on the exterior of the cylinder liners 3l to properly position the cylinder liners within the cylinder block 22. The halves 3 of the cylinder block 22 are bolted together with bolts tting through transverse apertures 35 which bind the two halves of the block together and maintain the cylinder liners 3| securely in position.

The cylinder head end of the cylinder block is covered by a plate 36, held in position by the head of an exterior-interior threaded bushing 31 which engages an aperture in the liner and clamps the plate in fluid tight engagement with the end of the cylinder block 22.

The bushings 31 receive spark plugs 38 in their interior threads, the spark plugs having suitable connections, more fully described below. with the magneto 2| to form the firing medium for the fuel.

The cylinder block is also provided with apertures 40 which surround the combustion chambers of the cylinder liners 3| and provide a space for the circulation of water from a water pump 42,- mounted on the propeller shaft through a water pipe 43. The water ows from the water pump 42 upwardly through the water pipe 43,

upwardly through the aperture 40 to the top of the upper cylinder thence downwardly through an aperture 40 (Fig. 2) and enters a casing 45 surrounding the drive shaft 25, and'leaves the casing through an aperture 41 therein. A partition 48 prevents the cooling water from flowing past the aperture 41 and entering the engine exhaust 49.

In starting the engine, the port 41 is normally open due to the fact that the cooling jacket 48 has not been filled with water, and hence no water ls flowing out the port 41. At this time the port 41 and partition 48 form a pressure relief valve, permitting the exhaust of the engine to pass directly to the atmosphere instead of discharging through the port 49 which Ais normally under water. When the engine starts water covers the port 41 and forces the exhaust gases to pass through the port 49.

. A horizontal partition 22 divides the engine into two separate and distinct parts, comprising an upper cylinder in the upper part and a. lower cylinder in the lower part. The partition 22 prevents the free passage of gas between the cylinders while insuring proper suction of gas from the carburetor (to be described below) into the combustion chambers.

The cylinder block 22 is provided with an upper bearing set in a sleeve 5|, held in a vertical aperture in the cylinder block, a central bearing 52 held in a vertical aperture in the partition 22', and a lower bearing 53. The sleeve 5| is held in place by bolts 5| while the bearing 53 is held in place by bolts 53'.

Power is transmitted from the cylinders by a crank shaft having crank arms 54 joined by wrist pins 55 which retain connecting rods 56. The connecting rods are joined by piston pins to the pistons 58 operating in the cylinders 3|.

The present engine, being of the two cycle type, utilizes the pistons as valves for the control of both the burnt gas and the explosive mixture. A plurality of ports 59 through one side of the cylinder walls permits the entrance of the explosive mixture, while a plurality of ports 66 on the opposite side of the cylinders permits the exhaust of burnt gases into an exhaust manifold 96 (Figs. 7 and 10).

The exhaust ports 60 extend further toward the cylinder head than do the intake ports 59 to allow a large portion of the burned gas under pressure to escape from the cylinder before entrance of the fresh explosive mixture. Explosive mixture is supplied to the cylinders from a dual fuel supply system as best shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9.

The carburetor 65 is located to the rear of the engine. The location of the carburetor in the rear of the engine permits the engine to be built lower with the main portion of the engine, including the cylinders, below the pivot 29.

For high speed operation, gasoline is supplied from the carburetor bowl 65 in which the height of the liquid is regulated by a float 66 (Fig. 2) through an aperture 61 (Fig. 6B) to a jet 68 located in a venturi 69. The control of -gas is effected by a buttery valve 10, operated by a throttle lever 1| (Figs. 2, 6, 14 and 15) which is governed bythe position of a spark control lever 12y (Figs. 1 and 2) on the magneto 2| by means -of a cam 13 and cam follower 14 (Figs. 14and 15).

The butterfly valve is normally held open and is only closed when the spark control lever 12 is moved to slow speed, thus cutting off gas through the high speed passage and facilitating the flow of gas through the slow speed portion of the dual fuel supply system, to be described below.

Air from the exterior enters the mouth of the venturi 69 where it becomes charged with gas from the jet 68. The mixture of `air and gas flows past the butterfly valve 18 and down a passageway 15 formed in the cylinder block on the cool side of the motor, or the side remote from the exhaust manifold. The mixture is then led through a passage 16, through a port 11 in the central bearing 52, and through one of two ports 18-19 in a tubular central section 86 of the crank shaft 28. A deflector plate 8| interposed diagonally across the interior of the tubular shaft directs the gaseous mixture either to the upper or lower portion of the cylinder block from whence it enters the combustion chamber through the ports 59 heretofore described.

The iiow of gasoline for high speed operation is regulated by a, conical valve 80', (Fig. 6-B) from a knob 8| through a tubular shaft 82, the valve being adjustable up and down to vary the size of the jet 68, the speed of the engine being controlled primarily through the timing of the ignition and the position of the butterfly valve 10.

In order to operate effectively at low speeds it is necessary to maintain the velocity of gas as high as possible. For this purpose there has been provided a second or dual gas supply, best seen in Figs. 6 and 6A. As shown, a well 85 is provided in the carburetor body adjacent the carburetor bowl 65. The well houses a first tub-k ing 86, somewhat smaller in diameter than the well and a second tubing 81 of considerably smaller outside diameter than the inside of the tube 86. A port hole 88 communicates with the atmosphere and with the interior of the tube 86, while a second port 89 in the carburetor body joins the interior of the tube 81 with the liquid gasoline in the oat chamber 65. A third opening 98 is formed in the carburetor body between the interior of the well 85 and a Venturi passage 9|. The top of the well is plugged by a plug 92. Air passing through the venturi 9| has an aspirator effect, creating a vacuum in the opening 90 and in the well 85. Such a Vacuum raises the level of the gasoline in the tube 81 and simultaneously draws air through the aperture 88 and upwardly around the tube 81 and over the top thereof, creating a further vacuum in the tube 81 and vaporizing and drawing gasoline from that tube.

Gasoline vapors are carried through the opening 90 into the venturi 9| and thence through a passage 96 in the cylinder block 22. The passage 96 passes through the exhaust manifold 96 which provides heat to the gas passing therethrough and aids in maintaining the mixture in gaseous form.

From the passage 95 the gas enters passages 91, 98 and 99 (Figs. 2 and 6) and enters the interior of the cylinder below the skirt of the piston 58 when the piston-is adjacent upper dead center. On the suction stroke of the piston the gas from the passages as, s1, sa and ss is forced around the end of. the cylinder 3| by the descending piston and enters the intake ports 59, through which the high speed mixture is likewise adapted to pass.,fl l

Fuel from the low speed side of the engine may be regulated from a knob |00, which controls the action of a conical valve |0|, passing through the plug 92 and best seen in Figs. 4.and 6-A.

It will be noted that during normal operation gas is supplied to the engine through both the high speed and low speedI passage and that as the speed is reduced, the butterfiy closes the passage so that for slow speed operation the passage 15 is entirely closed and gas is supplied solely through the passage 95.

It will also be noted that the high speed operation of the engine is effected through the passage Y 15, which is on the cool side of the motor remote from the exhaust manifold, giving a maximum volumetric ei'ciency, while the slow speed operation is effected through the hot part of the engine, thus pre-heating the. mixture and aiding in the maintenance of Vaporization.

Gasoline is supplied from a gas tank |03 through a pipe |04 (Fig..4) to the carburetor 65, the height of gasoline in the carburetor being controlled by a float valve |05, actuated by the float 66. The carburetor 65 may be iiooded by depressing the high speed control knob 8| which depresses the control tube 82, as best seen in Figs. 2, 4 and 6-B. Lowering the tube 82 lowers the flooding rod |06 through a collar |01 best shown in Fig. 6-B. Lowering the flooding rod lowers the oat 66, opening the valve |05, permitting more gasoline to pass from the tank |4 through the tube into the carburetor bowl 65. The flooding rod |06 is raised to normal position by a spring |01' upon release of pressure on the knob 8|.

Ignition of the mixture in the cylinder is accomplished by the magneto generally designated 2|. The magneto has a flywheel |08 fixed on the shaft and rotatable therewith. Permanent magnets |09 are mounted in the fly-wheel and excite primary coils l I0. The coils ||0 are mounted on fixed fields (shown in Figs. 2 and 16) which are carried on a plate I2. The plate ||2. is mounted to rotate on the sleeve 5| to a fixed position about the shaft 20.

The plate ||2 carries breaker points ||3| 3 (Fig. 16) which are made and broken by a cam I4 carried on the shaft 20. 'Making and breaking the points ||3-| |3 makes and breaks the circuit rugated, as shown in Fig. 14, so as to retain the plate ||2 in the desired adjusted position through the plungers I6, and are mounted in a casing ||1' which is stationary relative to the motor.

Wires ||8 are connected to the ends of the rings ||1 (Fig. 114) and join the rings ||1 the fly-wheel |08 by screws |5|.

with the spark plugs 36, so that the electric current is transmitted from the secondary ||5 of the magneto 2| through the plungers ||6, the rings ||1, the wires ||8 and the spark plugs 38 to create the spark within the cylinders which ignites the fuel. y

It will be noted that the wires ||8 originate at the rear of the motor, and that they are stationary and are fully concealed within the motor casing and do not move with the movement of the plate ||2. Thus movable wires have been eliminated from the present outboard motor avoiding the danger of wires breaking with a resulting cessation in operation.

The crank shaft 20 has an interior spline 20' at the lower end thereof which receives the drive shaft 25. The drive shaft passes through a packing (Fig. 3) and through a bearing |26 mounted in the drive shaft housing 45. The lower end of the drive shaft 25 is provided with a bevel pinion |21 which meshes with a bevel gear |28 which is fixed on the propeller shaft 26.

The propeller shaftv 26 is mounted in a pair of bearings |30|3| in the housing 45, and projects therefrom and terminates in a spline end |32.

Immediately past the bearing |3| is the water pump 42 heretofore mentioned, which is of the oscillating type, (best seen in Fig. 5) and is designed with a side intake and outlet to facilitate stream lining and prevent the bulge on the shaft housing usually obtained in such pumps.

The propeller 28 is constructed on the exterior of a hub which is mounted on a stub extension |36 of the shaft 26 beyond the spline |32, and is secured thereon by a nut |31. The hub |35 has an interior cavity a portion of which extends over and encloses the pump 42. rI'he innermost portion of the cavity is splined to receive alternate discs |39 of a clutch. Mating discs |40 are retained on the splined end of the shaft |32 so that pressure created by the propeller 28 compresses the discs against each other and against a plate |5| and pin |4|' and form a drive for the propeller.

any stoppage of the propeller automatically relieves the pressure and disengages the clutch. Should the propeller strike an object the thrust from the propeller is removed and the propeller is disengaged from the engine thus avoiding breakage to the engine or propeller.

The engine starter 23 which is shown in Figs. 2, 11, 12 and 13, is of the manual concealed cord type and comprises an annular plate xed t0 The plate |50 has a plurality of circumferential apertures |52 which are engaged by depending lugs |53 on an actuator plate |54. The actuator plate |54 is mounted on a hub |56 in the top of the casin |51.

The hub |56 which is concentric with the shaft The actuator plate |54 is operated by a plurality v of cam fingers |10 which depend from a pulley |1|. In order to permit the cams |10 to act on the plate, a spring (Fig. 12) embraces the upper end of the diameter |6| and has the free end receivable in a slot |66 in the bearing. The spring |65 acts as a drag in one direction which The clutch is, therefore, engagedV by the thrust of the water on the propeller, and

7 permits the plate |54 to move down under the influence of the cam surfaces |10' while allowing the plate |54 to rotate freely in thel opposite dlrection. 'I'he pulley is mounted to rotate about a depending hub |12 in the top of the casing |51 and is urged into retracted position by a spring |13. 'Ihe pulley is operated by a rope or cord |15 one end of which is maintained outside the casing. Y

To start the motor the knob 8| may rst be depressed to ilood the carburetor, and the cord |15 pulled to rotate the pulley. Rotation of the pulley |1| brings the cam surfaces on the ngers |10 into engagement with the actuator plate |54 forcing the plate |54 downwardly into engagement with the plate |50. Further rotation of the pulley |1| rotates the shaft 20, drawing in a mixture of air and gas through the low speed passage 95 and through the intake ports 59. This mixture is compressed and red at the outer end of the stroke by the spark generated by the magneto and produced by breaking the contacts ||3.

When the motor starts, the spring |63 urges the plate |54 upward and normally accomplishes that result. However, if for any reason the plate |54 fails to move up under the action of the spring |63, the trailing edges of the apertures |52 in the plate |50 contact cam surfaces |53l on the trailing edges of the lugs |53 to force the plate |54 completely free of the plate |50 and other rotating parts of the engine.

It will be noted that, if desired, the entire motor may be made of two castings, split on a vertical plane, as shownin Fig. 6, and that the outer casing, including the shaft casing 45, may be formed integral with the motor castings.

Having thus described the invention it is realized that it is susceptible to various changes and modifications and it is not therefore desired to limit the invention to the precise form herein shown and described but only by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an internal combustion engine, the combination of a motor casing having a bore therein adapted to receive a cylinder and a crank case, said casing being made in parts split in a plane substantially through the center line of the cylinder and the crank case, a cylinder in said bore having an integral head, means to clamp the two parts of the casing together with the cylinder in place therein, said cylinder and casing having a direct interlocking connection intermediate the ends of said cylinder to positively prevent longitudinal movement of said cylinder relative to said casing and completed when said parts of said casing are clamped together, and means c0- operating with said casing to form a water jacket space for said head.

2. In an outboard motor of the character described, a motor casing having a bore therein adapted to receive a cylinder liner and made in parts split in a plane substantially through the center line of said liner, said bore having an intermediately disposed annular recess therein and a water jacket space at its head end, a cylinder liner in said bore, a head formed on said cylinder liner, an external annular projection on said liner engageable in the annular recess to position the liner in the casing and prevent longitudinal movement thereof relative to said casing and completed. when said parts of said casing are clamped together, means to clamp the two parts of said casing together with said cylinder liner in place therein, a cover for the head end of said casing,

-and means to secure the cover to the head of said cylinder and to said casing in uid tight engagement therewith.

3. In an outboard motor. the combination of a motor casing having a cylindrical bore passing therethroughhaving a water jacket space at its head end, a cylinder liner including a head, a cover for the head end of said'bore, means to clamp said cover to said casing and to said head, a crankshaft, said motor casing having a crank case portion and being made in parts split on a plane through the axis of said cylinder and crankshaft, means to clamp the two parts of said casing together with the crankshaft and cylinder in place, and an interlocking connection between said liner and an intermediate part of said casing to prevent longitudinal movement of said liner relative to said casing and completed when said casing parts are clamped together.

4. In an outboard motor, the combination of a motor casing having a bore therein adapted to receive a cylinder liner, said bore having an intermediately disposed annular recess therein, said casing being divided lengthwise in two halves, a cylinder liner mounted inv said bore and having an integral head portion andan external annular projection engageable in said annular recess to position said liner in said casing and forming an interlocking connection therewith completed when said casing halves are secured together, and means to secure the parts of said casing together with said liner in place therein.

5. In a two cycle internal combustion engine, the combination of a motor casing having a bore therein adapted to receive a cylinder liner and made in two parts split in a plane substantially through the longitudinal center line 'of said liner, a cylinder liner having intake and exhaust ports therein, a radial annular projection above said ports and an integral head, said motor casing having a water jacket space for the upper portion of said liner and an annular groove below said space to receive said annular projection and interlock therewith when the parts of said casing are secured together, means for securing the two parts of said casing together with said liner in place therein, and means connected to said head for clamping one side of said annular projection to one side of said annular groove.

6. In a two cycle internal combustion engine, the combination of a motor casing having a bore adapted to receive a cylinder liner and made in two parts split in a plane substantially through the center line of said liner, a cylinder-liner having intake and exhaust ports therein, a radial annular projection above said ports and an integral head, said motor casing having a jacket space for the upper portion of said liner and an annular groove below said space to receive said annular projection, means for securing the two parts of said casing together with said liner in place therein, a cover for the jacket space of the motor casing, and means to clamp said cover to the casing and to the head in fluid tight engagement therewith and also to clamp one side of said annular projection to one side of said annular groove.

7. In an internal combustion engine, the combination of a longitudinally split casing having a bore therein with a jacket space at its open head end and an annular recess, a cylinder liner fitting in said bore and including a head and having an external annular projection engageable in said annular recess, means to secure together the parts of said casing to interlock said liner with said casing, a detachable cover overlapping the outer end of said bore, and means to simultaneously secure said cover-in fluid-tight engagement with said casing and head and one side of said projection against a side of said recess.

8. In an internal combustion engine, the combination of a longitudinally split casing having a bore therein provided with an annular recess and an open outer end, a cylinder liner including a head disposed in said bore and having an external annular projection engageable in said recess, means to secure together the parts of said casing to interlock said liner with said casing, a detachable cover overlapping the outer end of said casing and a portion of said head, and a spark plug carrying bushing in threaded engagement with the head of said liner to simultaneously clamp said cover in fluid-tight engagement with said casing and said head and one side of said projection against one side of said recess.

9. In an internal combustion engine, the combination of a longitudinal split casing having a bore therein with a water jacket space at its open head end, means to secure the parts of said casing together, a cylinder liner disposed in said bore and including a head, an interlocking connection between said casing and liner intermediate the ends thereof' completed when the parts of said casing are secured together, a detachable cover for the said open head end, and means to simultaneously clamp said cover to said casing and to said cylinder liner in fluid-tight engagement therewith and draw the parts of said interlocking connection into fluid-tight engagement with each other.

10. In an outboard motor, the combination of a motor casing having spaced cylindrical boresv therein and a crank case portion for each Ibore and made in two parts split on a plane through the axes of both bores and crank cases, cylinder liners for each of said bores having integral head portions, an interlocking connection between each liner and an intermediate part of the bores of said casing to prevent longitudinal movement of the liner relative to said casing and completed when said parts of said casing are clamped together, and means to clamp the two parts of said casing together with the liners in place there- .11. In an outboard motor or the like having a crank shaft, a drive shaft connected with the crank shaft, a propeller shaft anda gearing connection between said drive shaft and propeller shaft and aseparable cylinder adaptedfor disposal in operative relation with said crank shaft, a casing made in two complementary parts which form a housing for the above named parts in their operative positions, said casing parts joining on a. plane through the axes of said cylinder, a. crank shaft, drive shaft, gearing connection and said propeller shaft, and means to secure the parts of said casing together with the cylinder, said shafts and gearing connection in place therein.

v12. An outboard motor according to claim 11 in which the casing parts also include an underwater exhaust passage extending adjacent the drive shaft but isolated therefrom.

LEO T. KINCANNON.

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II I2 Certificate of Correction February 1, 1949. LEO T. KIN CANNON It is hereby certified that errors appear in the printed specication of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

Column 5, line 75, for (Fig. 114) read (Fig. 14); column 6, line 43, forplate 151 read plate 141; column 10, line 9, claim 11, strike out a before crank;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oilice.

Signed and sealed this 31st day of May, A. D. 1949.

[IML] THOMAS F. MURPHY,

r Assiste/nt Upommssoner of Patents. 

